A 10-year-old girl was shocked to find herself confronted by a 5ft-long snake during a recent toilet trip.

Roberta Vaituke, who lives in Portsmouth, discovered a lengthy corn snake leaning against a wall in the corner of her bathroom.

The Vaituke family insisted that the only way that the reptile could have entered the house was through the toilet bowl and linked sewage system.

"I just lost all words and stood completely frozen for ages when I realised it was a snake," Vaituke explained to The Mirror. "I didn't move for a minute, then I ran into the living room and hid on the sofa."

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"My mum had been in there half an hour before me, but she didn't see it," the girl added.

After discovering the reptile, Vaituke's parents alerted the RSCPA and plugged up the bathroom sink to prevent the snake from escaping.

A family neighbour called Harry Sharpe has since come forward claiming that the snake in question is his, and that it escaped from his house over six months ago.